Thread : Disability & #COVID2019india
Putting disability-related Coronavirus action points in 1 place.
1st, as told to @ndmaindia , crisis comm from @MoHFW_INDIA and states is classist and ableist. Bilingual, responsive, multimodal content pls. #A11y bit.ly/33sFLkX
Putting disability-related Coronavirus action points in 1 place.
1st, as told to @ndmaindia , crisis comm from @MoHFW_INDIA and states is classist and ableist. Bilingual, responsive, multimodal content pls. #A11y bit.ly/33sFLkX
We've had to defy Govt rules on approved content, in the interest of serving the disability community in India by making a resource for a range of specific needs of PwD in India - sign language, AAC, media description, EasyRead... #DIDRR bit.ly/aider-covid19
Shame @MSJE_AIC !
Shame @MSJE_AIC !
What about sustaining other regular life-saving interventions in the time of #covidindia ?
Blood for those who are transfusion dependent and disinfection protocols for those who are dialysis dependent for a start?
Again, individual organising as rescue! timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru…
Blood for those who are transfusion dependent and disinfection protocols for those who are dialysis dependent for a start?
Again, individual organising as rescue! timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru…
Like thalassemia activist Namitha and @pagthals for example.
These are regular needs @drharshvardhan. Indians with invisible / medical / rare diaabilities cannot be victims of ill-preparedness triage.
Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction basics!
These are regular needs @drharshvardhan. Indians with invisible / medical / rare diaabilities cannot be victims of ill-preparedness triage.
Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction basics!
Next, home based support for disabled people with high support needs who may be stranded if staff or family support fall ill or can't make it with #coronavirus #lockdownindia .
Yan Chen starved to death when his family was quarantined. No more tragedies!
Yan Chen starved to death when his family was quarantined. No more tragedies!
ICU communication boards for those on #ventilators are actually an export from disability & diversity communication. These laminated #AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) local language picture boards for frontline responders are sanitisable. tsaco.bmj.com/content/3/1/e0… 
Mental health - preserving it at times of self-isolation and #Coronavirus lockdown anxiety. Watch this thread for more India-specific help links. in the meantime here's the WHO thread on Mental Health & Psychosocial Considerations During COVID-19 Outbreak
COVID-19: Who is protecting the people with disabilities? asks @UN special rapporteur for disability @SR_Disability Catalina Devandas.
“States have a heightened responsibility towards this population due to the structural discrimination they experience.”
unb.com.bd/category/Bangl…
“States have a heightened responsibility towards this population due to the structural discrimination they experience.”
unb.com.bd/category/Bangl…
"Tetraplegics are advised to take extra care as COVID-19 affects the respiratory system. For a cervical-injured person, the spinal cord injury would have already impacted the respiratory system, and so they need to be more careful with COVID-19." More #P2P thespinalfoundation.in/coronavirus-di…
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